On 2018-09-13 18:03, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 4:29:35 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-08-24 07:35, Joerg wrote:
Couldn't believe it. Those great agency folks obviously didn't
test the bike racks for our local buses before signing the
contract. Long story short my 29er bike didn't fit in and neither
did my friend's. Luckily the driver was patient and helpful. We
had to load the bikes reversed so the hook goes over the rear
wheel. Not easy because of my panniers but worked, somehow. The
front wheels now rode up on the other side of the rack slot. We
both had bungee cords with which we strapped them down as hard as
we could. Oh, and the slot width barely fit my 2.25" wide MTB
tires barely squeezed in and I had to push down hard. The rack
looks like this:

https://ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/sho...8df2678ec2064b




When we arrived another rider put his 26" MTB on there on even that
barely fit in (rear wheel rode up half an inch).

Does anyone know a better "strap down" method that is faster
than wrapping a bungee around rim and rack numerous times?


Today I did a road bike trip where I also used the bus. The bus had
a 3-slot rack but only the innermost slot was designed correctly
with one end open.

The two outer slots were the same as before, bad design, too short.
I know that Jay and Sir won't believe this but I tried and verified
it: My road bike did _not_ go into those outer slots. Luckily the
inner slot was free.

Hey, don't use my name in vain.


IIRC you raised doubts in another thread about it and wrote that you are
6'4", which is taller than I am.


... I didn't say the racks would work
for you. Nothing works for you.


As I wrote the open channel slot in the rack worked and that's how the
all should be designed.


... I said you complain a lot about
supposed bad government and do nothing about it.


Which is not true. I wrote that I am in contact about the matter with
the planning and marketing manager of our transit agency.


You are probably complaining about the SportWorks DL2/3 which even
for the closed-end models is sufficient for bikes with wheelbases up
to 44 inches. 44" wheelbase is long.


It's not. A large (L, not even XL) 29" MTB like mine is about 46" axle
to axle. This is the 21st century, not the 20th.


... A 62cm Surly Steamroller has a
39.7" wheelbase. I don't know why that rack doesn't work for your
bike.


It's probably a different (and mis-designed) rack because that's about
the axle distance of my road bike and it did not fit in.


... They work for odd shaped bikes around he
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/93/248...3cdf194b2f.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rying_bike.jpg


My road bike measures 39-1/2" axle to axle. That is not outlandishly
large and should fit. But it did not.

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Regards, Joerg

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